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eccrine gland: see sweat sweat or perspiration, fluid secreted by the sweat glands of mammalian skin and containing water, salts, and waste products of body metabolism such as urea.
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eccrine gland [′ek·rən ‚gland]

(physiology)

One of the small sweat glands distributed all over the human body surface; they are tubular coiled merocrine glands that secrete clear aqueous sweat.

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